By Nick Welford (Covering for Alex on leave in South Africa) The other week I watched the film Coach Carter. Based on the true story of basketball coach Ken Carter it charts his journey of coaching a poor performing college team to some unexpected success. Every time one player enters a game Carter asks him […]
Author: Nick Welford
I do not measure up to the world’s image of a man. I don’t like rugby. I bake cakes. I am pitiful at DIY and now, after recent events, I am forced to admit that I can’t even repair a punctured bike tyre. Now I have been really unlucky with this tyre, it has been […]
In my childhood my ears were amazing. I mean they are still pretty awesome and everything, but in my childhood, man they were good. They could hear a bag of sweets being opened from two miles away, while simultaneously ignoring a request to complete a chore issued from less than two metres. I know what […]




